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Here's a collection of reputable sites that have answers to the questions you ask everyday -- from homework help for every age to what's on television tonight. Get to the answers you’re looking for with just one click. Can't find what you need?
Check out Homework Help for Kids,
Homework Help for Teens, or
Ask a Librarian. |
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Ask for Kids is a kids' search engine with an encyclopedia.
You can ask questions in natural language. It will even double-check
your spelling. Do your search directly from this page. This search engine is for the lower grades. If you get few results try an adult search engine. |
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| Get multi-subject help |
| KidsClick! http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ Great site that includes a web search and many categories from "current events" to "weird and mysterious" to "machines and transportation." |
| Kid Info http://www.kidinfo.com/School_Subjects.html Provides direct links to information on subjects from Astronomy to Zoology and everything in between. |
| Fact Monster™ http://kids.infoplease.com/ Includes almanacs, dictionary and encyclopedia. |
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| Search for magazine articles |
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Searchasaurus from Ebsco http://www.camdencountylibrary.org/kids/searchasaurus.htm Magazine articles just for kids. Also contains a general encyclopedia and animal encyclopedia. You'll need your library card. |
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| Find maps |
| Atlapedia Online http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html Atlapedia Online contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world. Opens in new window. |
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Find biographies |
| Biographical Dictionary http://www.s9.com/biography/ More than 28,000 biographies from ancient times to the present day. |
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Get science help |
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From the FactMonster.com Homework Center |
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| Get math help |
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The Math Forum -- Ask Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ Math help from elementary school to college and beyond. |
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Look up words |
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Dictionary.com http://www.dictionary.com Easy to use -- and an easy to remember URL. |
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Dictionary of Difficult Words http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/difficultwords/ If an ordinary dictionary doesn't have it.... |
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Roget's Thesaurus http://www.thesaurus.com/ The standard for thesauri. |
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| Translate text |
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Foreignword.com http://www.foreignword.com/Tools/dictsrch.htm Translating dictionaries for 73 languages. |
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Free Translation.com http://www.freetranslation.com Use this site to get a translation where you can get the "gist" of foreign language text and web pages. For an exact translation you'll need an interpreter! |
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Find a quotation |
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations http://www.bartleby.com/quotations/ The familiar resource now on the web. |
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Consult an encyclopedia |
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Columbia Encyclopedia http://www.bartleby.com/65/ The sixth edition of the Columbia Encyclopedia lists 51,000 full text entries. |
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| Get help for upper grades |
| High School Ace http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm Features interactive learning activities, an ongoing poetry contest, a reference collection, college information, and subject guides for English, mathematics, social studies, science, global languages, arts, and technology. Opens in new window. |
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Do research papers |
| A+ Research and Writing for High School and College
Students http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/ Includes a step by step guide, hints for finding information on the web and at the library, and links to other great sources. |
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| Compare colleges |
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SuperCollege.com http://www.supercollege.com/ Get information on colleges and find your perfect match. Also includes advice, tips and secrets and a scholarship database. |
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Find scholarships |
| Fastweb http://www.fastweb.com/ Financial aid search through the web. |
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| Back to Camden County Library Home. Back to Camden County Library Reference Center. Back to Search the Web. Last updated June 16, 2010 |
